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we have to tax the big oil companies. everybody knows you put the tax on, the next thing you know, you will be paying more tax when you fill up your car at the local service station. so think through who you're really going to hit with these taxes on millionaires and billionaires and big corporations, even the death tax. the death tax is part of the taxes the president would like to have rates go up on. go back to the 45% rate. that's almost half, 45% on the estates. now, a lot of these estates are small businesses, farms and ranches, and a lot of times they have to sell all or part of the business or the farm or the ranch in order to pay the estate tax. so who are you really hurting when you do this? i've got a friend who had a small printing business in phoenix, and he was one of the largest charitable givers in our community. a fine, wonderful man. his name was jerry wasadski. he created the business from nothing, moved out from new york city, had over 200 employees when he died. he had boys and girls clubs named after
we have to tax the big oil companies. everybody knows you put the tax on, the next thing you know, you will be paying more tax when you fill up your car at the local service station. so think through who you're really going to hit with these taxes on millionaires and billionaires and big corporations, even the death tax. the death tax is part of the taxes the president would like to have rates go up on. go back to the 45% rate. that's almost half, 45% on the estates. now, a lot of these estates...
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and it's not small, it's big. and so there is $60 billion a year that -- i mean over ten years that we could save just by reforming the social security and disability system. and that doesn't say you don't want to help people that are disabled. it says you want to do what's the best thing for our country and help those people that are disabled. but we have undermined and we have taken advantage of those who need our love and care and they cheat the system and we have a bureaucracy that doesn't take them off the system, and we have an incompetent system of jurisprudence within the social security administration that puts people on that should never be on. but the attack comes that you don't care about people if you -- if, in fact, you want to fix this program. social security, everybody says don't touch social security. this congress and the congress before it has stolen stolen $2.5 trillion from the money you have put into social security. they have written a little bitty i.o.u. note there and said, well, when you
and it's not small, it's big. and so there is $60 billion a year that -- i mean over ten years that we could save just by reforming the social security and disability system. and that doesn't say you don't want to help people that are disabled. it says you want to do what's the best thing for our country and help those people that are disabled. but we have undermined and we have taken advantage of those who need our love and care and they cheat the system and we have a bureaucracy that doesn't...
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that's not to say that we don't cover a big portion of it right now. of the 1,000 new border patrol agents that are coming into service this year, the vast majority of them are going into arizona. but it's also critical to note that there are other activities occurring. our partnerships with mexico, for example, working joint operations with our mexican partners with them operating in mexico and us over on the u.s. side. over 60 of the states' law enforcement agencies are our partners with us in actt, which is an operation that incorporates other law enforcement agencies to ensure we bring the greatest density of enforcement coverage in arizona. the national guard -- right now we have 363 national guard troops on the ground. we have more sensors coming, so it's a constant buildup of what we are doing in arizona. as i said earlier, when we bring arizona under control, not if, we will do so as quickly as we can. now, something that i think is critical here is the following. this year, because of the drop in activity levels that we have seen, we figure th
that's not to say that we don't cover a big portion of it right now. of the 1,000 new border patrol agents that are coming into service this year, the vast majority of them are going into arizona. but it's also critical to note that there are other activities occurring. our partnerships with mexico, for example, working joint operations with our mexican partners with them operating in mexico and us over on the u.s. side. over 60 of the states' law enforcement agencies are our partners with us...
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you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's going to take about another three years. and, therefore, it is sad that all of that finest launch team in the world at the kennedy space center, a good part of them are having to be laid off. and that will -- that employment will ramp up over the next several years as we build and launch those kind of rockets. now, there's another set of human rated rockets. i'm just talking about the manned space program now. i'm not talking about the unmanned. look what we're getting ready. this year we're going to jupit jupiter. later on, we are getti
you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's...
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one criticism was it was too big. i am sorry about the attention span of some members of congress but they could wait for the movie. maybe it will be coming forward. we are dealing with an interconnected system. there was a central theme. by sources of liquidity outside the banking system and increased information technology people in the financial industry have figured out a way to engage in lending while appearing to escape the burden of risk. they appeared to -- this didn't go away. accumulated elsewhere in the system and exploded on all of us. what we have done is basically make people be responsible for the risk and one important issue that are dealt with with some friends on the liberal side is a question of risk retention. i would urge people to look at michael lewis's book the big short. when people make loans and have no responsibility whether or not they are repaid they will not be as prudent. that is a market incentive. the alternative is oh no, the regulators will tell you what is good and what isn't. we a
one criticism was it was too big. i am sorry about the attention span of some members of congress but they could wait for the movie. maybe it will be coming forward. we are dealing with an interconnected system. there was a central theme. by sources of liquidity outside the banking system and increased information technology people in the financial industry have figured out a way to engage in lending while appearing to escape the burden of risk. they appeared to -- this didn't go away....
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minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america not only for one day, but for a decade and maybe the rest of the century. and this is not being done by an outside power. we're spending $700 billion on defense, and we're destroying ourselves by a self-inflicted wound because of political dysfunction, political rigidity and political ideology. what the heck is this? and i could even use more intense language. what we are about to do -- we cannot allow this to happen. so i say to my colleagues, look, one of my colleagues said to me yesterday, senator mikulski, what would it take to
minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united...
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now, i get a big kick out of this "time" magazine, "the new new deal." using the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, he was going to transform the united states into a european-style social democracy. businesses and the individuals who start them would no longer be free entities with property rights. they would be arms of the state that exist for the purpose of funding ever-expanding welfare programs. taxation would no longer be a necessary evil with citizens and businesses recognizing a legal duty to pay what was owed but understanding that they were ceding their property rights to the government to provide for certain public goods. instead, businesses and tax-paying citizens would be obligated to share their wealth with the state. and because the progressives running the administration do not believe in natural rights to liberty and property because they think everything -- everything a family or business makes is, in fact, due only to the largeess of the state, paying taxes is no longer something that somebody done but something people should want to d
now, i get a big kick out of this "time" magazine, "the new new deal." using the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, he was going to transform the united states into a european-style social democracy. businesses and the individuals who start them would no longer be free entities with property rights. they would be arms of the state that exist for the purpose of funding ever-expanding welfare programs. taxation would no longer be a necessary evil with citizens and businesses...
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it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a refundable tax credit -- rare category -- it doesn't help them. 70% of americans don't touch it. what are the biggest deductions under the u.s. tax code today? i in all my wisdom and education and experience on capitol hill, i raised my hand to the teacher and said well, it's the mortgage interest deduction, right? wrong. the biggest single deduction is the employers exclusion for health care premiums. so employers are able to exclude from income the amount of money they spend for health insurance for their employees. that's t
it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a...
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the president talked about big things but i think the american public expects more than a big speech. the congressional budget office says they cannot score a speech there is no plan by the president. we are two weeks out. there is no budget by the senate. the american public expects us to get back to work. expects us to get a job done. today you'll see a bill on the floor that is straightforward. no more budget tricks, no more accounting gimmicks, no more lies to the american people. with me curb it and cut it and balance it for the future. the democrats sit back and say somehow they're opposed to a balanced budget. 16 years ago if they had that one more vote we wouldn't be here today. i want you to all imagine for one moment -- imagined that vote passed, what would our press conference be about today? would westbound investing in something. would westbound worried about unemployment? would westbound wondering about how big america is growing? well, now is the opportunity. we welcome democrats to join dawes but if they don't we'll pass it on our own. that is the contrast. that is the
the president talked about big things but i think the american public expects more than a big speech. the congressional budget office says they cannot score a speech there is no plan by the president. we are two weeks out. there is no budget by the senate. the american public expects us to get back to work. expects us to get a job done. today you'll see a bill on the floor that is straightforward. no more budget tricks, no more accounting gimmicks, no more lies to the american people. with me...
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it's hard to do a big package. my republicans friends have said they are not willing to do revenues, and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope though is that they are listening not just to lobbyist or special interest here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people. turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations show that it's not just democrats that think we need to take a balanced approach. it's republicanned as well. the clear majority of republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues. that's not just democrats. that's the majority of republicans. you have a whole slew of republican officials from previous administrations, you've got a bipartisan commission that has said that we need revenues. so this is not just a democratic understanding. that is an understanding that i think the american people hold that we should not be asking sacrifices from middle class folks who are working hard
it's hard to do a big package. my republicans friends have said they are not willing to do revenues, and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope though is that they are listening not just to lobbyist or special interest here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people. turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations show that it's not just democrats that think we need to take a balanced approach. it's republicanned as well. the clear majority of...
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we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly haven't heard from you so if you'd like to her housemates be i know time is short. i just want to salute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certainly in a crisis, and you all know that. and history is going to be written. what's it going to say? i was somewhat relieved, even as for mr. summers to leave town. i wonder what would have to do to get mr. geithner to leave. i'm glad to see them go back and do what he does well. he's a good professor. i would like to see the other gentleman go do what he does well. we are in a cri
we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly...
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and the money made a big difference. one or two euros funds for for the children's medicine part, but i give you this only as an example. we apply the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got into climate change business and we were helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. by not only retrofitting buildings, but changing the street lights and wherever possible in megacities and developing worlds, closing landfills which were huge emitters of methane gas. and which really are goldmines if you think about it. all those urban landfills you have recyclable glass and plastic and metal and all the rest the organic material can be turned into fertilizer and the rest can be turned into electricity. so, we are trying to do the same thing. we have doubled, tripled and sometimes even quadrupled income of african farmers in rwanda by lowering the cost of fertilizer and seed and working on a distribution network and saving them half their income by taking their pr
and the money made a big difference. one or two euros funds for for the children's medicine part, but i give you this only as an example. we apply the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got into climate change business and we were helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. by not only retrofitting buildings, but changing the street lights and wherever possible in megacities and developing worlds, closing landfills which were...
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this affects our economy in big ways. it affects jobs and our ability to get this economy back on track. closing this independent agency loophole is a reform that those of us on both sides of the aisle should join the president in supporting. this is the right vehicle to be able to achieve that. no major regulation whatever its source, should be imposed on american employers or or on state and local governments without a serious consideration of what the costs are what the benefits are and whether there is available a less burdensome alternative to achieve the same objective. this amendment moves us closer toward that goal. it's a commonsense amendment again, taking the president's executive order and memorandum of today and actually putting it into force through the force of law. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. i rise to discuss
this affects our economy in big ways. it affects jobs and our ability to get this economy back on track. closing this independent agency loophole is a reform that those of us on both sides of the aisle should join the president in supporting. this is the right vehicle to be able to achieve that. no major regulation whatever its source, should be imposed on american employers or or on state and local governments without a serious consideration of what the costs are what the benefits are and...
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i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the world and the u.s. as well. it is not just an issue of wealth. it is also an issue of education. important, the comprehensive tax reform that is outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal sanity report under both from march would end up resulting with everybody and that making more than a stated percentage will pay something. those who end up having more and make more will pay more. we will have an even more progressive tax system. but the way we do it is through comprehe
i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there...
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that would be a big mistake. that's why republicans are united in saying increasing taxes at any time, particularly in a weak economy, is the wrong prescription. getting our debt and deficit and spending under control, a balanced budget amendment, that's the solution. it can actually be enacted very quickly. we don't have to face a crisis that president obama and treasury secretary are trying to whip up here. mr. sessions: madam president, i would just say that i do believe we are at a national crisis with our debt. i believe that it endangers the nation because the erskine bowles who chaired the debt commission, appointed by president obama, has told us that we are facing an economic crisis as a result of the debt and written testimony to the budget committee, and he warned that we have to change the course we're on. i certainly believe that's true and i believe the rogoff and reinhart study affirmed by secretary geithner is correct, that it's already pulling down our growth. i'm really worried about the future
that would be a big mistake. that's why republicans are united in saying increasing taxes at any time, particularly in a weak economy, is the wrong prescription. getting our debt and deficit and spending under control, a balanced budget amendment, that's the solution. it can actually be enacted very quickly. we don't have to face a crisis that president obama and treasury secretary are trying to whip up here. mr. sessions: madam president, i would just say that i do believe we are at a national...
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this notion that we didn't deal with too big to fail. there are a couple of areas where i see the colleagues in climate change and health care don't want to take it on because it's still too popular. coming to the defense of derivative trading is not a particular cause. they are coming at it sideways. one is to try to use the deficit as an excuse for under funding the scc and cftc. they are being denied the funds that it needs that is a small percentage for wasting infrastructure in afghanistan. the notion that the cftc that the 80 or $90 billion more that we need can't be done because of the deficit that people spent in $147 billion so we can keep subsidizing american farmers is nonsense. similarly with the fcc they want to turn in. they will bring in more money to the system than it will be given to run it. that's one effect. in fact, what you have running here is a catch 22. first, deny the fcc and cftc adequate funding. they in turn are not able to deal with the rulemaking requirements that they have. then because we haven't been abl
this notion that we didn't deal with too big to fail. there are a couple of areas where i see the colleagues in climate change and health care don't want to take it on because it's still too popular. coming to the defense of derivative trading is not a particular cause. they are coming at it sideways. one is to try to use the deficit as an excuse for under funding the scc and cftc. they are being denied the funds that it needs that is a small percentage for wasting infrastructure in...
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of course they'd be in big trouble. and the senate is not in trouble but the country is in trouble because the senate is not doing its job and neither the house nor the senate did its job in the last congress for the first time ever and that's how we go into three years since we had a work document that we should have to work with. and what do we do this week? the disappointment to all three of us is we said we wanted to stay this week and deal with these issues. we started out trying to deal with the libya resolution which apparently wasn't important enough to deal with last thursday when we were going to take a week to work in our states. and then when people on the republican side said we really think we ought to be debating the reason we were supposed to stay, we still don't do that. we have this amendment -- i think it was supposed to be and is a sense of the senate that millionaires aren't paying enough taxes. now, we all understand -- we all understand the politics of that, just like we understand the politics of
of course they'd be in big trouble. and the senate is not in trouble but the country is in trouble because the senate is not doing its job and neither the house nor the senate did its job in the last congress for the first time ever and that's how we go into three years since we had a work document that we should have to work with. and what do we do this week? the disappointment to all three of us is we said we wanted to stay this week and deal with these issues. we started out trying to deal...
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but the big question before us now is this: when will the promised reforms begin to pop up on the radar screen? and that radar screen is our further reading of additional audits, as they come out this fiscal year and into the future. when will we see sustained improvement in audit quality? to establish a solid baseline for assessing the highly touted transformation plan, my staff took another snapshot of recent audits. my latest oversight review is best characterized as a report card and it was issued on june 1 this year. each of the 113 unclassified reports published in fiscal year 2010 were reviewed, evaluated, and graded. after each report was graded, all the scores for each report on each rating category were added up and averaged. this created a composite score for each of the 113 reports. although 15 top-quality audits are highlighted in the report card, the overall score for all 113 was d-. those low, i know. maybe the score should have been a little higher. obviously a grading system isn't perfect. it may need some fine-tuning and we're working on that. but i still believe it pr
but the big question before us now is this: when will the promised reforms begin to pop up on the radar screen? and that radar screen is our further reading of additional audits, as they come out this fiscal year and into the future. when will we see sustained improvement in audit quality? to establish a solid baseline for assessing the highly touted transformation plan, my staff took another snapshot of recent audits. my latest oversight review is best characterized as a report card and it was...
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i'm paying taxes big time all my life. now the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance with the calls that come in and it's devastating to say that the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there's a goal to tear down the little guy, of course, and then, of course, the goal is to destroy obama which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. and all because of money, money, money. that's what's so upsetting to me. >> guest: well, there's absolutely no question that there's a growing gap between the have's and have not's in the world and in the united states as well. and it's not just an issue of wealth, although that's clearly one of the issues. it's also an issue of education, which is going to have profound impacts on us in the future. importantly, the comprehensive tax reform that's outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal insanity report under both frame works anyone who makes something above the poverty level will pay something. those who end
i'm paying taxes big time all my life. now the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance with the calls that come in and it's devastating to say that the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there's a goal to tear down the little guy, of course, and then, of course, the goal is to destroy obama which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. and all because of money, money, money. that's what's so upsetting to me. >>...
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i hope they think big. i hope they swing for the fences and get a result and bring it back to us and let us consider it and hopefully -- hopefully enact it and get on to other things. we -- the debt is a major long-term problem, not just for our grandchildren but for us today. we have a bigger issue facing us, and that is the fact that we have had persistent unemployment in an economy that's not growing, and that's hurting too many people. so the sooner we swing for the fences and get a result and get our debt under control and deal with it in a bipartisan way, the better for the country and the quicker we will be able to get on to the larger question of jobs. of course, economists have made it clear to us that getting the debt under control has a lot to do with jobs, that when our total debt is as high as it is today, nearly 100% of our gross domestic product, that that probably costs us a million jobs a year. we can't solve all that in one day or one month, but we can take a big step in the right directio
i hope they think big. i hope they swing for the fences and get a result and bring it back to us and let us consider it and hopefully -- hopefully enact it and get on to other things. we -- the debt is a major long-term problem, not just for our grandchildren but for us today. we have a bigger issue facing us, and that is the fact that we have had persistent unemployment in an economy that's not growing, and that's hurting too many people. so the sooner we swing for the fences and get a result...
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so that was a big, that was a big loss. my own personal loss, i was very involved in space transportation policy making at the time, and we were passionate about the x33 program, single stage to orbit. and i learned a very important lesson which is policy never trumps physics. [laughter] so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, it won't happen. and we wanted to will single stage to orbit, into existence. and we had a beautiful, lockheed came up with a beautiful concept, and it looked like the future. and we just didn't have the technology. we did not have the technology. and, ultimately, we did not have the will either. i think that i wouldn't say that national security space was a loss under our, under the administration. i think a lot of great programs were developed that we can't, i can't really take credit for any of that is what i'm saying. there were a lot of good people working, and we weren't really deeply involved in that. so i think with that i'll wrap it up. but, again, i think this is a fascinat
so that was a big, that was a big loss. my own personal loss, i was very involved in space transportation policy making at the time, and we were passionate about the x33 program, single stage to orbit. and i learned a very important lesson which is policy never trumps physics. [laughter] so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, it won't happen. and we wanted to will single stage to orbit, into existence. and we had a beautiful, lockheed came up with a beautiful concept, and it...
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it would have three big teaches and, again, the details of these -- it would have three big features, and again the details would be outlays need to equal revenues. that is the fundamental definition of a balance. you don't run deficits. you make sure that you spend no more than you take n the sieged thing that some of us feel strongly about and i'm one of them, we ought to limit spending as a percentage of our economy so that the government doesn't keep growing at the expense of the private sector, which is exactly what happens when the government occupies too large a segment of our economy. and finally, we've advocated that we not create a mechanism that simply guarantees big tax increases in order to balance the budget and to do that we would like -- and we have included a supermajority requirement to raise taxes. so that a simple majority wouldn't be enough. it would require a supermajority, which would only occur presumably in truly extraordinary circumstances. see, i believe very strongly that we can have strong economic growth and the job creation that we need. but to get there
it would have three big teaches and, again, the details of these -- it would have three big features, and again the details would be outlays need to equal revenues. that is the fundamental definition of a balance. you don't run deficits. you make sure that you spend no more than you take n the sieged thing that some of us feel strongly about and i'm one of them, we ought to limit spending as a percentage of our economy so that the government doesn't keep growing at the expense of the private...
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so it came as a pretty big shock that you, mr. president -- i'm still on my second shot on the free shot. he is now asking me to quit talking, start shooting. but i would say it comes as a pretty big shock to those workers that yourself and the democratic members in both chambers would direct an attack on this industry. and this is true that i don't know how many members of the senate, not too many. my word, i don't know how many members of the house, i have heard that corporate jet, corporate jet. it has a ring to it i guess. but at any rate, why would you repeal a tax provision that has contributeed to job creation at a time of severe economic downturn, in fact, the one that you actually suggested? but there's more, there's more, mr. president, your ball. on top of this budget negotiators are considering implementing user fees on general aviation as a way to generate revenue. we have been down that road. let me be very clear. if user fees on general aviation are implemented, we could very well see the beginning of the end for th
so it came as a pretty big shock that you, mr. president -- i'm still on my second shot on the free shot. he is now asking me to quit talking, start shooting. but i would say it comes as a pretty big shock to those workers that yourself and the democratic members in both chambers would direct an attack on this industry. and this is true that i don't know how many members of the senate, not too many. my word, i don't know how many members of the house, i have heard that corporate jet, corporate...
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until then, a big tank is for studio audience in a big tank is to former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. [applause] fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on the fcc's actions this week to begin cracking down on unauthorized service charges on consumers phone bills. that and other issues in front of the sec on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> have you ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have a now this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight joined c-span for a look inside the library of congress. we will take you into the great hall and explore the main reading rooms. you will find unique books and the rare books and special collections including original books from thomas jefferson's personal collection and we'll see how the libraries using modern technology to discover hidden secrets and to preserve its holdings for future generations. join us for the library of congress tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> the senate has completed its business for the day and will gavel and tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.. earlier on the floor
until then, a big tank is for studio audience in a big tank is to former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. [applause] fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on the fcc's actions this week to begin cracking down on unauthorized service charges on consumers phone bills. that and other issues in front of the sec on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> have you ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have a now this is your chance to tour the world's largest library....
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if google gets too big -- >> i don't know if it is too big or too small but we should make the market cap bigger. the reality is google's market cap and all the other market caps reflect real consumer interests and revenue and the secret to our success is the same three things that matter. the number of consumers on your property and the revenue able to generate for the consumer and what does your brand stand for and google has done a nice job staying focused on those three things. those earnings were spectacular. we are still doing our turnaround. we have a clear vision where we are going and to a large degree a large degree of content. google is a winner-take-all at this point. we have a clear vision what is going on. our vision matches closely consumer growth and advertising growth and revenue growth. i hope to close that gap. >> now is the point we present our guests with token appreciation of your presence here today. i have one for both of you and that is the coffee mug. don't have any coffee before you take that. you can blog that certainly. i have my next question for arianna.
if google gets too big -- >> i don't know if it is too big or too small but we should make the market cap bigger. the reality is google's market cap and all the other market caps reflect real consumer interests and revenue and the secret to our success is the same three things that matter. the number of consumers on your property and the revenue able to generate for the consumer and what does your brand stand for and google has done a nice job staying focused on those three things. those...
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i believe our constitutional responsibility is not being fulfilled if we end up with some big-deal big on august 1, and we're told it's got to be passed by august 2, and you can find out what's in it after we pass it. i'm not there. count me out. senator toomey, we had more people wanting to get on the budget committee this year. they were so excited. it was the most wanted committee to be on in the entire senate, and we've not done anything. you were selected to be on the committee, which is a tribute to your experience. i guess i would ask you, how do you feel about where we are? mr. toomey: senator sessions, first of all, thank you for raising this issue because i do think this is a very, very important issue. many of us wanted to be on the budget committee because we see what a critical moment our country is in. we see the very dire straits that we have put ourselves in because of the fiscal irresponsibility of washington. and some of us believe that we don't have a lot of time to get this in order. and so i was looking forward to the opportunity to serve on the committee that woul
i believe our constitutional responsibility is not being fulfilled if we end up with some big-deal big on august 1, and we're told it's got to be passed by august 2, and you can find out what's in it after we pass it. i'm not there. count me out. senator toomey, we had more people wanting to get on the budget committee this year. they were so excited. it was the most wanted committee to be on in the entire senate, and we've not done anything. you were selected to be on the committee, which is a...
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that's how big it is. and there are six human beings up there doing research right now, and, you know, we have trials in the food and drug administration on drugs that have been developed on that international space station. the first one that's in trials right now is a vaccine for salmonella. another one that is getting ready to start trials is a vaccine for mrsa, it is the highly infectious bacterial disease in hospitals that we find so difficult to control because you can't get a kind of antibiotic that'll control it. so, mr. president, i just wanted to say for america's space team, a job well-done. a number of us, including senator hutchison and myself, had introduced and we passed last week the resolution commemorating the men and women of nasa and, indeed, their congratulations and commendations are certainly in order. -- on a job well-done. the space program lives -- the space program will go to greater heights. we will go to mars, and we will see americans venture out into the cosmos for even great
that's how big it is. and there are six human beings up there doing research right now, and, you know, we have trials in the food and drug administration on drugs that have been developed on that international space station. the first one that's in trials right now is a vaccine for salmonella. another one that is getting ready to start trials is a vaccine for mrsa, it is the highly infectious bacterial disease in hospitals that we find so difficult to control because you can't get a kind of...
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i see this as a big problem for two reasons. one, the gses are currently securitizing, helping securitize over 90% of the mortgage risk, new mortgages that are originated. fair share from under 5% in early 19 -- has climbed out in stock, to over 50%. if we don't get private sector in this market anytime soon, most likely the united states government will gradually own the entire mortgage credit risk of the country. i think it's a scary thought in a time when the gse is basically not a balance sheet of deny states government. $175 billion has already been spent in the form of taxpayer losses. there's a sense in which it could be a much bigger role than what it stands right now. so i think there are quite important resolution issues, she some short-term from how will we deal with money market fund runs, maybe that's an immediate risk. how will we deal with ccp under capitalization, maybe that's a five year risk potentially in expected turns, five or 10 years. and then there's this huge 10 year unwinding program we need to put in p
i see this as a big problem for two reasons. one, the gses are currently securitizing, helping securitize over 90% of the mortgage risk, new mortgages that are originated. fair share from under 5% in early 19 -- has climbed out in stock, to over 50%. if we don't get private sector in this market anytime soon, most likely the united states government will gradually own the entire mortgage credit risk of the country. i think it's a scary thought in a time when the gse is basically not a balance...
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president, how big is this scheme? well, here's what our own permanent subcommittee on investigations has told us: "experts have estimated that the total loss to the treasury from offshore tax evasion alone approaches $100 billion per year, including $40 billion to $70 billion from individuals and another $30 billion from corporations engaging in offshore tax evasion. abusive tax shelters add tens of billions of dollars more." mr. president, you want to lock in these abuses? you prefer to pay more in taxes yourself so that people can engage in these scams? vote for this amendment. vote for the legislation that's before us. vote for what is on the floor because you'll protect them forever more. mr. president, i end as i began. this is perhaps the most ill-conceived, ill-considered, internally inconsistent legislation that i have ever seen in my 25 years in the united states senate. i hope my colleagues have the wisdom to vote "no." i thank the chair and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator indiana. mr. co
president, how big is this scheme? well, here's what our own permanent subcommittee on investigations has told us: "experts have estimated that the total loss to the treasury from offshore tax evasion alone approaches $100 billion per year, including $40 billion to $70 billion from individuals and another $30 billion from corporations engaging in offshore tax evasion. abusive tax shelters add tens of billions of dollars more." mr. president, you want to lock in these abuses? you...
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so let's start soda with the big picture. here we are several years out of the financial crisis and you talk about some of the liquid fx. mr. bernanke talked about the risk this week, some of the problems that particularly persistent, seem to be continuing and may raise the risk that the slow down that we seem to be experiencing at the moment process. what anxiety level do you think is appropriate for the public and our policymakers right now as we look out to the risk that we see that seem to be percolating over the horizon on any number of different fronts? >> well, i think these are risks but they are subject to our control and influence. if we take some action and make some decisions. i think with the housing market we still have a low level from. these loans need to be restructured whether it makes economic sense for the distressed borrower can make an economically viable payment or if not, there needs to be relocation assistance or some other mechanism to clear the market. .. the industry, this is another promise aligne
so let's start soda with the big picture. here we are several years out of the financial crisis and you talk about some of the liquid fx. mr. bernanke talked about the risk this week, some of the problems that particularly persistent, seem to be continuing and may raise the risk that the slow down that we seem to be experiencing at the moment process. what anxiety level do you think is appropriate for the public and our policymakers right now as we look out to the risk that we see that seem to...
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but we can take a big step in the right direction. that's really what our country men and women want us to do. i'm glad that i got to hear part of the senators speech. i'm glad i have a chance to commend him for this leadership on the vexing and important problem that we need to deal with. >> i thank the senator. i yield the floor. >> u.s. senate today voted to continue moving forward with a nonbinding measure saying those earning more than $1 million should contribute more to federal debt reduction. they passed the motion to limit the debate, 74-22. after the vote, senate democratic leader harry reid announced no more votes in the senate. arizona republican said the senate gave up a week long 4th of july recess to work on debt ceiling and isn't accomplishing anything. we begin with kay hutchinson who opposes any tax relief. >> senate hutchinson, i was wondering the view that we've been terribly over worked this week. i understand that we canceled our 4th of july recess in order to get back here and get to work and do the people's bus
but we can take a big step in the right direction. that's really what our country men and women want us to do. i'm glad that i got to hear part of the senators speech. i'm glad i have a chance to commend him for this leadership on the vexing and important problem that we need to deal with. >> i thank the senator. i yield the floor. >> u.s. senate today voted to continue moving forward with a nonbinding measure saying those earning more than $1 million should contribute more to...
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i think some might call it a big deal. you know, in the u.s. senate, this is a big deal. we're in the big place. this is where big deals happen. this is where it all happens to happen. because we drive the economy in the sense of our certainty and our policies. if we can't have a strong deficit-reduction budget, we're not going to create the certainty that the business community needs to invest, which will in turn employ more people and create a better dmi forous here and obviously will have an impact around the world. mr. president, i just want to say thank you for this opportunity to say a goo -- to say a few words, again commending the chairman for all his hard work. i will on this comments. the stroir i told you about the branders and the headline i had to have, that was in my first six months of office when i was mayor. two and a half years later i won reelection with within of the largest margins in the city's history. so i would say this to anybody who's trying figure out are they going to win their primary, win their general election, put that all aside. that's wh
i think some might call it a big deal. you know, in the u.s. senate, this is a big deal. we're in the big place. this is where big deals happen. this is where it all happens to happen. because we drive the economy in the sense of our certainty and our policies. if we can't have a strong deficit-reduction budget, we're not going to create the certainty that the business community needs to invest, which will in turn employ more people and create a better dmi forous here and obviously will have an...
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we could close all sorts of tax loopholes on corporate jets to big oil companies. that's a variety of ways that we could recapture the revenue that was essentially given away during the bush years, so there are ways to reduce the deficit. there absolutely are. i think that we will do that. we'll do it over time. my concern though is attaching two issues that should not be connecting as a way of pushing through areas of public policy that you can't get through under ordinary circumstances. >> host: a recent caller mentioned the penny solution, and we have that -- it's ruth cook who was on awhile ago. it's the one cent solution, onecentsolution.org. his proposal has been turned into legislation sponsored by republicans. >> guest: oh, good, i'd be interested to look at the website and the legislation. >> host: go to the c-span archives if you want to find out more about that. georgia caller, pete, where are you calling from? >> caller: hi, wasees, georgia. >> host: good morning. >> caller: you won't like what i have to say. >> guest: that's quite all right. fire away.
we could close all sorts of tax loopholes on corporate jets to big oil companies. that's a variety of ways that we could recapture the revenue that was essentially given away during the bush years, so there are ways to reduce the deficit. there absolutely are. i think that we will do that. we'll do it over time. my concern though is attaching two issues that should not be connecting as a way of pushing through areas of public policy that you can't get through under ordinary circumstances....
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we call ited big shift. if you look at the last 100 years, during the 20th century, basically changes happen in terms of you might call the s-curve. long periods of stable, brief moments of disturbance when big changes happen, then 30-40-50-60 years of stability in which we reinvent work practices, social practices, educational practices. we knew how to play that game pretty well. what's happened now is in the last probably ten years we're moving to a different kind of infrastructure that has driven by the laws, the digital laws of computation, accelerating as we speak. now what we really find is we're having a world in which we have constant disruption nearly every year. and the challenge is how do you actually start to leverage that rather than fear that? in terms of driving innovation. i see this as not doing to slow down as all in the next 30 or 40 years. if it the law slows down. let me say this personally. the curve on the right i could actually recoo pick late the last ten years of my life and say the
we call ited big shift. if you look at the last 100 years, during the 20th century, basically changes happen in terms of you might call the s-curve. long periods of stable, brief moments of disturbance when big changes happen, then 30-40-50-60 years of stability in which we reinvent work practices, social practices, educational practices. we knew how to play that game pretty well. what's happened now is in the last probably ten years we're moving to a different kind of infrastructure that has...
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within three years we had repealed that big luxury tax. we weren't hitting millionaires and billionaires. we were hitting the people who actually made the yachts. priet after 9/11, congress pass -- right after 9/11, congress passed an accelerated depreciation provision for the commercial aviation -- or the general aviation industry. the idea there was to make sure that 9/11 didn't hit that industry too hard and jobs would be saved. in the president's stimulus bill, that accelerated depreciation provision for commercial jets -- or business jets, rather, was reauthorized. that's the thing we're talking about here when we talk about business jets. the president has said business jets shouldn't receive that kind of tax treatment. well, the people who he said would be benefited by the stimulus package with jobs created or jobs saved are the people who will lose their jobs if that particular tax treatment is taken away. now, maybe we should look at that. i'm not against looking at that tax treatment. if we should look at it and decide it's not a
within three years we had repealed that big luxury tax. we weren't hitting millionaires and billionaires. we were hitting the people who actually made the yachts. priet after 9/11, congress pass -- right after 9/11, congress passed an accelerated depreciation provision for the commercial aviation -- or the general aviation industry. the idea there was to make sure that 9/11 didn't hit that industry too hard and jobs would be saved. in the president's stimulus bill, that accelerated depreciation...
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it reminds me of "too big to tpaeug" the movie -- too big to fail, the movie. they got all the money and then didn't spend a dime on it with helping with mortgages. the damage we're doing to our aviation system is incredibly real. and if we fail to act in a timely manner, it may be so devastating as to become irreversible. when you think about it, it does make sense. if you operate on somebody and cut beyond a certain point, you can't reverse the damage. with so much pain being inflicted on so many, you may ask why my republican colleagues have refused reputed requests to pass a clean extension, something we have done 20 times in the past four years. they are willing evidently to hurt so many of the benefit -- so many people for the benefit of one company. it's called delta airlines. the chairman of the house transportation committee has stated publicly the house-inserted language on the essential air service program, we need that to leverage the senate on including provisions on relating to the national mediation board. now, what do i mean by that? what they s
it reminds me of "too big to tpaeug" the movie -- too big to fail, the movie. they got all the money and then didn't spend a dime on it with helping with mortgages. the damage we're doing to our aviation system is incredibly real. and if we fail to act in a timely manner, it may be so devastating as to become irreversible. when you think about it, it does make sense. if you operate on somebody and cut beyond a certain point, you can't reverse the damage. with so much pain being...
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and compromises have already occurred, big compromises. most of us on this side of the aisle really believe that the way we get at our long-term debt structure is a responsible approach that includes some revenues. now, i'm advocating cleaning out the goodies in the tax code so we can lower some tax rates. i don't understand how you can at the same time vote to gut the medicare program and vote to continue writing checks to big oil. i cannot imagine that i would vote to keep writing a taxpayer check to the most wealthy and profitable corporations in the history of the world at the same time i was voting to put medicare on a voucher program. saying to seniors, you know, if you're 83 and you got three chronic illnesses and you run out of medicare coverage, you're on your own. i can't imagine doing that. but we compromised. we compromised and said, okay, we'll set revenues aside for now. you won't vote for revenues, republican party, members of the house in the republican party you'll not vote for revenues, we tack revenues off the table. so
and compromises have already occurred, big compromises. most of us on this side of the aisle really believe that the way we get at our long-term debt structure is a responsible approach that includes some revenues. now, i'm advocating cleaning out the goodies in the tax code so we can lower some tax rates. i don't understand how you can at the same time vote to gut the medicare program and vote to continue writing checks to big oil. i cannot imagine that i would vote to keep writing a taxpayer...
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those are the big ones. that was the sum and stance of s the sum and stains of what they came up for. what are entitlement programs? things that we're entitled to by virginia tie of our age, if we are 65 years of age, we paid into social security, medicare, we may be eligible -- will be eligible in all likelihood for medicare f we're disabled, totally disabled to work, we'll be eligible for medicare, even before age 65. if we paid into social security for a number of years, we'll be eligible foyer early retirement for sact age 62. we can take it at 67 for full retirement benefits, which i think are roughly about $2,000 per month max, something like that. but anyway, those are some things -- medicare, medicaid, social security are entitlement programs. they said they should all be on the table. they did not propose using social security to balance the budget but what they did say is say we've got a long-term problem in social security with the imbalance between now the amount of money that is coming into soci
those are the big ones. that was the sum and stance of s the sum and stains of what they came up for. what are entitlement programs? things that we're entitled to by virginia tie of our age, if we are 65 years of age, we paid into social security, medicare, we may be eligible -- will be eligible in all likelihood for medicare f we're disabled, totally disabled to work, we'll be eligible for medicare, even before age 65. if we paid into social security for a number of years, we'll be eligible...
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industry which i didn't realize was having such a difficult time, but they're getting killed by the big warehouses that are selling to the folks who like to buy car parts. and, but this isn't just a main street versus internet because all these internet companies are on main street somewhere. and what happens when we get to the point where everybody's internet? aren't we all still just main street? and aren't we then in the same exact position as we are today where the internet, main street retailer in downtown sioux falls, south dakota, is competing with the internet mainstream retailer in utah without that price differential, and, you know, they're butting heads against each other trying to steal reach other's -- each other's local customers. in our view this is a retailing versus retailing, and at some point in this process we all have to compete with each other without the government giving one a competitive advantage over another. >> host: mr. peterson, you said earlier that you saw state sales tax going away. could you expand on that a little bit? >> guest: there is considerable c
industry which i didn't realize was having such a difficult time, but they're getting killed by the big warehouses that are selling to the folks who like to buy car parts. and, but this isn't just a main street versus internet because all these internet companies are on main street somewhere. and what happens when we get to the point where everybody's internet? aren't we all still just main street? and aren't we then in the same exact position as we are today where the internet, main street...
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how big is it? and are weapon withs coming through sudan, eritrea, and are any of those weapons coming from china? with regards to the pirates, dr. murphy points out in his testimony and others have pointed out in their testimony as well that there are, you know, there needs to be a land solution. and i think that's obvious, but if you briefly could touch on that. chairman royce? we'll do all the questions so that -- >> yeah. and i'll be very brief as well. deputy assistant secretary yamamoto, if i could ask you this question: when the last administration left office, there was an internal debate over whether eritrea should be designated a state sponsor of terrorism for its support for al-shabab. um, it didn't happen at the time, but just after she left government service, former assistant secretary frazier wrote a good piece in "the wall street journal", and the theme was eritrea should be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. and i think, you know, we've got u.n. report after u.n. report citing
how big is it? and are weapon withs coming through sudan, eritrea, and are any of those weapons coming from china? with regards to the pirates, dr. murphy points out in his testimony and others have pointed out in their testimony as well that there are, you know, there needs to be a land solution. and i think that's obvious, but if you briefly could touch on that. chairman royce? we'll do all the questions so that -- >> yeah. and i'll be very brief as well. deputy assistant secretary...
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it's a big step in the right direction for our country. thank you, mr. president. and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. grassley: mr. president, i would ask to speak for 20 thnutes.
it's a big step in the right direction for our country. thank you, mr. president. and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa. mr. grassley: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. grassley: mr. president, i would ask to speak for 20 thnutes.
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that is a big step in the right direction and we have put caps in place. i don't have the number of my fingertips. all we know is it is going to be less than it was last year. >> some members said last night more spending than -- is that correct? >> i'd much rather have the house republican budget, but remember, this bill was a product of a bipartisan discussion and a bipartisan negotiation. that's why it's not exactly everything that we want it to be. >> [inaudible] >> listen, this was negotiated in a bipartisan process between both houses and i think we are going to have work to do to get it passed, but i think we can do it. >> [inaudible] even if the plan doesn't reach [inaudible] >> i do believe this plan is enough. remember in the second stage in the tried select committee history of it required to find the cuts of at least $1.8 trillion. they can do far more, but i do think that it's time for the congress to do its work and the first step in this process is to make sure we pass this in the house and i would ask all of my colleagues but democrats and
that is a big step in the right direction and we have put caps in place. i don't have the number of my fingertips. all we know is it is going to be less than it was last year. >> some members said last night more spending than -- is that correct? >> i'd much rather have the house republican budget, but remember, this bill was a product of a bipartisan discussion and a bipartisan negotiation. that's why it's not exactly everything that we want it to be. >> [inaudible] >>...
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there is a big difference in science. something can be associated with something. doesn't mean it causes it. and on the base basis of that the secretary committed this country to make payments to people for disabilities that are not associated with their service. so the point is, in a limited budget going forward, if we're paying for disabilities that aren't associated with service, that means we're going to have less money available to those veterans who do have a disability for their service. and we've heard, number one, that this will reverse all that have been made forward. it will not. it's prospective only. it will not change the presumption that if you were in or above vietnam, you have the presumption of being exposed to agent orange. that won't be changed at all. the previous scientific diseases that are based on causation won't be eliminated at all. but, in fact, those that aren't associated with cassality will be eliminated. now, will they be eliminated in the future? if the science at some point in time shows us that there is a causal relationship betwe
there is a big difference in science. something can be associated with something. doesn't mean it causes it. and on the base basis of that the secretary committed this country to make payments to people for disabilities that are not associated with their service. so the point is, in a limited budget going forward, if we're paying for disabilities that aren't associated with service, that means we're going to have less money available to those veterans who do have a disability for their service....
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that's a big, big step forward. [applause] [applause] >> same thing happens with the lgbt community. we know that a lot of the health needs are not being met. we're not even collecting accurate health data for needs that folks have in the lgbt community. we have done a lot at the frontline of one the agencies dealing with this issue. we started with a lot of administrative changes. so changing the laws for hospital visitation, it's no longer okay for hospitals to pick and choose who gets to come into a persons room at the end of their live or when they are in a health emergency. the patient get to designate who their family is and who their loved ones are. if you want to get paid by medicare, that rule is changed. very big deal. [applause] >> we've changed and listed the hiv/aids travel ban. it used to be up until six months ago, if you were confirmed with hiv/aids, you could not travel into the united states. you didn't get legal visa in order to travel. that's now gone. so we know have lifted the travel ban, lifte
that's a big, big step forward. [applause] [applause] >> same thing happens with the lgbt community. we know that a lot of the health needs are not being met. we're not even collecting accurate health data for needs that folks have in the lgbt community. we have done a lot at the frontline of one the agencies dealing with this issue. we started with a lot of administrative changes. so changing the laws for hospital visitation, it's no longer okay for hospitals to pick and choose who gets...